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Show The Summerbird Page 7 Utah Summer Games open July 2 in Cedar City event here to mark and celebrities Stellar athletic competition , , Utah will introduce its own version of the Olympics when the Utah Summer Games opens on July 2. The ambitious multi-spor- t, athletic event for Olympic-styl- e amateur Utah athletes will be held during the four-da- y period from July 2 through July 5. The games are sponsored by the Utah Summer it Games Foundation, a corporation created specifically to present the annual sports festival. Six corporate sponsors have provided the bulk of the funding for the 1986 Games. They include KSL Television and Radio; First Security Bank; Utah Power and Light Company; Intermountain Health Care, Inc.; the Utah Beef Council; and Southern Utah State College. The purpose of the games is to encourage wholesome athletic competition among residents of Utah, foster incentives for the improvement of athletics in Utah, and develop public recognition of the dedicated amateur athlete. Competition in 15 sports are scheduled. The men's division will include archery, basketball, bowling, boxing, cycling, fencing, horseshoes, roller skating, shooting, softball, swimming, track and field, volleyball and wrestling. Competition in the women's division will be held in archery, basketball, bowling, cycling, fencing, gymnastics, horseshoes, roller skating, shooting, softball, swimming, track and field, and volleyball. The Utah Summer Games are oppen to Utah residents who have lived in the State of Utah prior to March 1, 1986, and meet the requirements outlined by the governing body of the sport in which they want to compete. Most events require an entrance fee of $10.00 per individual. The entrance fee incudes a Utah Summer a sports packet, and an Games pass. medallions of gold, silver and bronze Olympic-typ- e will be awarded in all sports. Some sports will have special trophies and prizes in addition to the medals. Brian Head ski and summer resort, 30 miles northeast of Cedar City, will become the official "Athletes' Village" for the four-da- y sports festival. The festival will open on July 2 with opening ceremonies scheduled for that evening in the Centrum. Medals will be awarded in presentation ceremonies Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings. Closing ceremonies will be held Saturday night in Thunderbird Stadium. The final event of the Games will be a Breakfast of Champions for the medal winners Sunday morning, July 6. Utah Gov. Norman H. Bangerter, Olympic gold medalist Peter Vidmar, and officials from the United States Olympic Committee in Colorado Springs, Colo., will be on hand for the Opening Ceremonies of the games on Wednesday, July 2. pomp non-prof- ts lack Bishop or her sports specialty. All athletes will be dressed in their Utah Summer Games with blue shorts or warmups. The sports pageantry of the Opening Ceremonies will be a visual highlight of the Summer Games. During the evening, 10 of Utah's greatest athletes of today and former years will be inducted into the Utah Summer Games' Flail of Fame. Those to be inducted include Cordell Andersen, Ladell Andersen, Diane Ellingsen, Fern Gardner, Gene Fullmer, Edwin L. Peterson, Joy Peterson, Neil Roberts, L.J. Silvester and Danny Vranes. They will be awarded honorary gold medals. Robert Peterson, noted Utah singer, was lead for five years with the Metropolitan Opera Studio and a appeared in the Broadway production of "Camelot," replacing Robert Goulet as Lancelot. He has appeared on television in "Kiss Me Kate," "Meet Me In St. Louis," the Bell Telephone Hour, and the Mike Douglas Show, among others. He has recorded four record albums, including one for the Reader's Digest Record Club. The Scarlet and Black Ceremonial Band of SUSC is one of the premier bands of its kind in the nation. It recently returned from Atlanta, Ga., where it participated in the 100th anniversary celebration of the founding of the Coca-Col- a Company; only five college and university bands having been honored with an invitation. With their authentic bearskin hats and scarlet tunics, the band members will contribute considerable color and pomp to the Opening Ceremonies. The band will be directed by Professor David Nyman. e The Utah Summer Games Chorus, under the direction of Dr. Hal Campbell, is composed of singers from Cedar City and surrounding towns and was organized especially for the Opening Ceremonies. The games will come to a climax Saturday evening, July 5, at the Closing Ceremonies in Thunderbird Stadium. The ceremonies, scheduled to start at 8:30 p.m., will begin with the formal Grand Entry. Leading the participating athletes into the stadium will be the Boulder City, Nev., High School Band, under the direction of Mr. Albert Smith. The dramatic parade will include large American, Utah, and Summer Games flags, banners, marching units from throughout southern Utah, the Summer Games Spirit Squad, the medalists of the sports festival, and many of the participating athletes. Popular Utah Jazz spokesman, "Hot Rod" Hundley, will serve as the master of ceremonies for the bass-barito- The ceremonies will be held in the new Centrum, the special events center on the campus of SUSC, beginning at 7:30 p.m. Special sponsor of the Opening Ceremonies is Mountain Fuel Supply Company. The colorful ceremonies will include sports pageantry, formal greetings from state and local dignitaries, band and choral performances, and special entertainment. Peter Vidmar, who emerged as one of the most popular personalities of the 1984 World Olympics in Los Angeles, led the men's team to its first gymnastic gold medal in history and went on to win the pommel horse gold medal and a silver medal in the competition. Among the groups that will be participating in the Opening Ceremonies will be popular Utah tenor Robert Peterson of Salt Lake City, the Southern Utah State College Scarlet and Black Ceremonial Band, the Utah Pipe Band, the Payson High School Ceremonial and Pipe Bands, the Color Country Cloggers of Parowan, the Kirchhausen Kids of St. George, the e Utah Summer Games Chorus and the Utah Summer Games Spirit Squad. Greetings will be extended to the assembled athletes by Gov. Bangerter, Cedar City Mayor Robert Linford, Brian Head Mayor Mike Golden, and representatives of the six corporate sponsors. The Opening Ceremonies will begin with the Parade of the Athletes, each athlete entering the special events center behind a banner announcing his 200-voic- 'Bird gridders face nearly is an apt desciipiion Almost of the 1 986 Southern Utah State College football schedule. Not only do the Thunderbirds have five opponents on their schedule, they'll also be playing their inaugural season in the Western Football conference. On top of that, wil be playing their first the ever football season as an NCAA division II school and they'll be schedule. playing their first 1 And that's not all. all-ne- w er four-da-y pageantry 200-voic- (continued on page schedule all-ne- w The 'Birds also have six home games on tap, and that's also a first in SUSC history. "There's no question about us entering a 'new world' as far as SUSC football is concerned," Jack Bishop, head coach for the Thunderbirds, smiles. In addition to the five totally new teams on the schedule, SUSC will also face a pair of teams that they haven't seen in a number of years, California Lutheran University. It all starts August 30 at Flagstaff, battle Arizona, in a against an NCAA Division opponent. It all ends with a WFC opponent, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, at the California school November 15. Tucked in between are six WFC contest (Santa Clara, Cal Northridge, Portland State, Sacramento State, Cal Lutheran, and Cal Poly SLO) and an October 25 homecoming contest. 8) |